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Dunedin: 'Little Paisley' (1st of 3)

Dunedin: 'Little Paisley'

Dunedin was founded as a Scottish Free Church settlement in 1848. Some settlers came from Paisley (near Glasgow, Scotland), where the weaving industry was in recession. This hilly area at the southern end of Dunedin, pictured in 1849, became known as 'Little Paisley'. The fashionable dress of the family in the foreground suggests a degree of prosperity in the young settlement.

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Alexander Turnbull Library
Reference: B-051-014-a
Hand-coloured lithograph by Edward Immyns Abbot

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Ben Schrader, 'Presbyterian Church - Church building and missions', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/artwork/31071/dunedin-little-paisley (accessed 19 March 2024)

Story by Ben Schrader, published 5 May 2011, updated 1 Mar 2017